HUD

Description: Silent footage of a hearing about new federal housing program.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 12/08/1970
Description: Feature for the morning show. Demonstration of how to make a hairpiece.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 1966...1967
Description: Silent footage of Jimmy Stewart after the Hasty Pudding Man of the Year awards ceremony, holding his award. Sound footage of a press conference where Stewart talks about the current problems of the motion picture industry and the ups and downs through out its history. Silent footage of the reporters and the crowd.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 03/04/1971
Description: Sign for the "Clerk of the House of Representative." Louise Day Hicks enters office, files bill to repeal racial imbalance with man, leaves office.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 09/18/1969
Description: Compilation of stories on the hippie movement in Boston. 06/21/1968 air piece by John Henning describing the surge of the hippie movement in Boston and the psychologist, Dr. Stanley Klein, appointed by Mayor White to study the problems arising between hippies and other members of the Boston community. B-roll following story includes footage of Klein meeting with groups of hippies and others. Interview with Klein about the progress made in the meetings. Another man also comments. Cutaways of John Henning for edited piece. Outtakes of reporter standup. 06/23/1968 interview with Mr. Griswold on an unauthorized rock concert held by hippies on the Boston Common. Shots of groups of hippies on the Boston Common. Boston Common sign. Hippies cleaning up the common. 06/25/1968 interview with barber on the problems the hippie movement has caused for his business. 06/26/1968 Andy MacMillan interviews Judge Elijah Adlow on the hippie movement. 06/27/1968 footage of Boston City Council hearings on hippies. Barney Frank, in his capacity as Mayor White's administrative aide, reads a statement from Kevin White to the City Council. City Councilor Christopher Iannella addresses the City Council on the dangers of the hippies taking over the Common. Hippies watch the hearing from the balcony. Governor John Volpe makes a press statement on hippies.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 06/1968
Description: Compilation of silent and sound footage about the presence of hippies in Cambridge and Boston. Harvard Square and Cambridge Common environs. Reporter standup on a police raid at a "hippie apartment" arresting members of a group called "the Diggers." Interviews with Police Sergeant Duncan O'Neill and Digger member Vernon Becker. Rock band plays to a crowd. Hippies playing music surrounded by people sitting on grass of the Cambridge Common. Interview with Dr. Faderman and Dr. Allen on the hippie lifestyle and societal reactions to the movement. Interviews with Ian Frankenstein, Lou Crampton, Sofia Gibbons, Patricia Keating and other commune members, who describe their communal accommodations and lifestyle on Fort Hill. Discussion of drug use in the hippie movement. Interview with Cambridge Mayor Daniel Hayes on his legal crackdown on hippie communities. They shoot the cutaways of the reporter Jim Pansullo reasking the questions.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 1967...1968
Description: Police cars sit outside of Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries. Inside, a man sits in the Purchasing Agent booth behind a protective window. Another man sits on a bench. Another man is handcuffed and led away by police. He keeps his head down, hiding his face from the cameras.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 12/08/1970
Description: Roger Goodrich reports on the Warren Commission report. Cuts from footage shot for the story. Goodrich introduces Jacob Cohen, from Yale and Brandeis, on his views defending the commission's report. He interviews Salandrio on his views disagreeing with the commission's report, speculating on the role of Lee Harvey Oswald in the assassination. He doubts the Dallas Police Department. [card lists contents of cans 113276, 114022]
Collection: WHDH
Description: Interviews with women and men on President Johnson's announcement that he won't be seeking reelection.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 04/01/1968
Description: Crowd of students celebrating President Johnson's announcement that he won't be seeking reelection.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 04/01/1968
Description: Joan Kennedy at Cardinal Cushing College, a private Catholic women's college in Brookline. She stands with a nun and greets women as they go by.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 1965...1966
Description: Silent B-roll of Ted and Joan Kennedy and others at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner held at the Commonwealth Armory. John F. Kennedy arrives and walks through a cheering crowd. He makes a speech praising the Massachusetts Democratic Party. He cracks jokes, and then goes on to passionately talk about the achievements of the Democratic Party and the current session of Congress.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 1963
Description: Edgartown story after the drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne. Silent footage of District Attorney Edmund Dinis addressing reporters. Bill Zimmerman interviews Edgartown police chief Dominic Arena about the effect of the drowning and subsequent trial on his notoriety. They joke around while shooting cutaways. Exterior shots of the town offices and Edgartown streets scenes. A take of Zimmerman's reporter standup in front of Chief Arena directing traffic. Logan Airport runway environs. Senator Ted Kennedy and Joan Kennedy deboard plane and walk through airport to their car. Exterior shots of the County of Dukes County Courthouse. D.A. Dinis and others involved in the trial enter the court house. Interior shots of the Edgartown police station. Chief Arena jokes around while shooting environs.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 08/08/1969
Description: Silent footage of Senator Edward Kennedy speaking while sitting at a desk with microphones in front of him. Reporter Jack Hynes taking notes
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 1967
Description: Sidney Farber honored by American Cancer Society - Farber, Mary Lasker, Ted Kennedy in attendance. First speaker maybe board president of ACS. Mary Lasker speaks at podium and presents Farber with ACS gold sword. Farber makes a long speech. Kennedy gets up to speak about Vietnam and is cut off"
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 07/24/1967, 11/08/1967, 12/10/1968, 09/18/1969
Description: Silent b-roll of Kerrigan in his office. Cuts from an interview with Boston School Committee Chairman John Kerrigan. He discusses the invasion of Girls Latin School and English High School, where literature from the Students for a Democratic Society was passed out. He says that the 1968 they sent 100% of Girls Latin student to college. Close-ups on the SDS literature. Reporter reasks questions for editing purposes.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 09/18/1969
Description: Interview with John Kerrigan, chairman of the Boston School Committee. He discusses the recent distribution of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) literature at the girls Latin and English high schools.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 09/18/1969
Description: Compilation of footage on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School. Press conference with Mr. Rollins and other people concerned about racist education at the King School, talking about the first day of school, the Boston School Committee's actions, and appropriate learning resources for the students at the King School. Another press conference about Operation Exodus, which is setting up learning centers for students who are assigned to attend the King School. They criticize the racist education of the current curriculum in Boston Schools. Cutaways of reporter asking questions. Press conference with John Bradley, new principal of the King School, answering questions about school problems and his proposed solutions. Interview with Louis Vangel, executive director of the Boston Teachers Union, on the teachers position at the King School. Interview with another man about the School Committee meeting to occur next Monday on the fate of the teachers and reopening of the King School. Interview with Louise Day Hicks on her proposed repeal of the 1965 Racial Imbalance law. Reporter asks her about soon to be Massachusetts Commissioner of Education Neil Sullivan and his busing programs. People walking into a building. Another interview with Mr. Vangel on the BTU's demands for the closing of the King School. Interview with man from the Boston School Committee on relationship between the School Committee and the King-Timility Advisory Council on resolving the problems at the King School. Silent footage of a hearing. Cutaways from Louise Day Hicks interview.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 11/1968...12/1968
Description: Sounds goes in and out. Dr. Pinderhughes and Mel King address an audience. Mel King talks about racist funding problems at the Urban League. Silent shots of the audience and several speakers at the podium and sitting at a table. King continues his speech about the lack of funding for underprivileged communities, especially for education. He goes on to discuss various racist actions the American government has carried out historically. He explains the idea of both physical and psychological survival for minorities in America.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 06/18/1968
Description: Bill Zimmerman interviews a man and women about Krishna Consciousness. The man talks about how his spiritual master brought him to Krishna. The woman talks about the difference between the material world and Krishna.
Collection: WHDH
Description: Air piece on women construction workers being stopped from working. Interview with a construction worker about a visit from Inspector Kelly ordering him to stop the women from working. Interview with two women construction workers, Candy and Isabel. Interview with a representative of the inspector defending the order. Reporter standup.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 08/14/1970
Description: A minute of footage of a marching band performance at the beginning. Then footage from a story on a limousine service. Man entering limo and being driven around. Interview with limo service owner in the back of a limo, where he talks about his business and clients.
Collection: WHDH
Description: Simulation of pilot flying airplane and airport procedures. Sounds goes in and out. Close up on gauges. Woman and man soldering wires. formerly 1418 [can no.?]
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 04/22/1970
Description: Marshfield Fair environs. High shots of carousel, Ferris wheel, and other rides. Horses pulling a cart. Band plays on a stage. People walking around the fair. Children on rides.
Collection: WHDH
Description: Eugene McCarthy arrives at an event. He addresses the audience, accusing Presidents Nixon and Johnson of being anti-civilization.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 02/22/1971
Description: Eugene McCarthy speaks at a podium.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 02/22/1971
Description: Police stand around a covered body found in a field in Norwood.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 12/07/1970
Description: Bill Zimmerman piece on a luncheon held by the town of New Bedford for the servicemen guarding the town's fishing boats. He interviews a town representative. Reporter standup in front of sailors enjoying the luncheon.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 12/07/1970
Description: B-roll of a luncheon held by New Bedford to honor the servicemen who protect their fishing boats. Men in sailor uniforms sit around tables with men in business suits.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 12/07/1970
Description: Black power graffiti. Police stand on streets corners. Members of the Black Panthers hold a press conference asking for the release of the 20 African Americans who were arrested. They accuse the courts and Mayor Rogers of being racist. Reporter standup.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 1969...1970
Description: Air piece on a major car accident by the Bald Peak Colony Club on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Reporter standup on the number of people in the truck. Interview with witnesses. Interview with a young victim. Reporter standup on the injuries sustained by the victims.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 07/19/1969
Description: Short cuts of b-roll from Nicaragua. Sign for Managua. Landscapes. Cars in traffic. Soldiers outside of buildings. Handwritten signs in Spanish.
Collection: WHDH
Description: Exteriors of nightclub. Interiors of the nightclub, including audience watching music act, band on stage, dancing, waitresses serving people at tables. Interview with nightclub owner on starting his business, after having served as a cantorial singer at a Jewish temple. Interview with nightclub performer.
Collection: WHDH
Description: Cuts from a press conference with Governor Francis Sargent at Cape Cod on oil spills along the cape. Several takes of reporter standup on the damage to the wildlife in Falmouth from the recent oil spill.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 09/1969
Description: Man speaks to a legislative subcommittee about extending Old Age Assistance Benefits to cover elderly people suffering from mental illness. He discussed the matter with Senator John F. Kennedy to add the endeavor to the Senator's mental Health Program for 1960.
Collection: WHDH
Description: Exteriors of pharmacy owned by Benjamin Schumann. Several takes of reporter standup on forms that might become required for pharmacists serving welfare recipients.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 09/17/1969
Description: Interview with a pharmacist on new forms that might be required for pharmacists serving customers on welfare. They discuss the possibility of the boycott. Reporter reasks questions and takes cutaways for editing purposes.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 09/17/1969
Description: Sounds goes in and out at the beginning. Dr. Pinderhughes gives a speech to an audience. He addresses contemporary racism and its societal causes. He uses his term "body image" to explain different perceptions and projects of different types of people. He says that the Black Power Movement is providing a forceful change in white people's project of what black people are. He compared the Black Power Movement to youths rebelling against adults to assert their autonomy, which is socially accepted.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 06/18/1967
Description: Multiple exterior shots of the homes of the defendants in the Plymouth Mail Truck Robbery. Richards home on Regatta Road. Kelly home in Watertown.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 1967
Description: 3rd annual Iced Tea Political Festival, a chance to meet the candidates for Boston City Council and Boston School Committee. Band performing. Campaign workers handing out informational packets. Reporter standup.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 09/17/1969
Description: Interview with representative of Quincy High School in front of the school building. He discusses the lack of a dress code at the school. Reporter standup.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 09/04/1969
Description: Interview with Boston School Committee Chairman John Kerrigan. He speaks about the failings of the current busing system, especially concerning elementary school children. He talks about busing on a voluntary basis, but says that he would rather fund other School Committe projects things over any form of busing. He mentions a current bill which proposes amending the racial imbalance law where it concerns elementary school children.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 03/1969
Description: Air piece on replacement of nine antiquated Boston schools with new facilities by 1971. Reporter standup at the John A. Andrews School in South Boston. Interview with man from the Board of Education on the new schools that will have a greater capacity, which will be opened up to non-white students, in order to help with the racial imbalance in the Boston city schools. Exteriors of a school building. African American children get off of a bus and enter school.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 07/19/1969
Description: Man addresses Massachusetts state government arguing against the Racial Imbalance Law. He notes that it will be impossible to adhere to that law without compulsory busing, and therefore the law should be amended or abolished.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 12/08/1970
Description: Compilation of stories and loose footage on the problem of racism in American and related issues. Bill Harrington 09/07/1967 air piece on the closing of two Roxbury schools, which resulted in the busing of students. Interviews with Massachusetts State Commissioner of Education Owen Kiernan and Boston Superintendent Ohrenberger. Cuts from unidentified panel discussion. Jim Pansullo 12/03/1967 air piece on anti-Semitism of Black Nationalists. He reports on a meeting of the American Jewish Congress, led by President Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld, who spoke on fighting poverty especially along racial lines. He also reports on Kenneth Clark's remarks on the tension. Series of interviews on 08/05/1967 with African American pedestrians on African American leaders and the Black Power movement, riots, and specifically Stokely Carmichael. More cuts from panel discussion. 12/14/1967 footage of Reverend James Groppi speaking at a church in Durham. N.H., on the current state of race relations in American. More cuts from panel discussion. Interview with a Richard Hatcher, the first African American mayor of Gary, Indiana, on metropolitan race relations.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 1967
Description: Cuts of random footage at the beginning. Footage of a story on the building of a radio telescope observatory near the Quabbin Reservoir. Interviews with three men on the value a radio telescope and the environmental impact the observatory will have on the surrounding wildlife. Footage of the construction site. Office scenes, Quabbin Reservoir, and other b-roll.
Collection: WHDH
Description: Silent b-roll of rundown buildings and bad living conditions. Thomas Atkins holds a press conference. Exteriors of Boston Rehabilitation Plan Building. 154 Seaver St. Thomas Atkins walks through apartments, examining living conditions. Several takes of reporter standup on the rent strike. Cuts of Atkins and others speaking at press conference on Boston's attempts at building rehabilitation as part of a HUD program, and problems with the implementation of the program. They explain the efforts of the tenants to solve these problems, and the new tactics they are using against the officials and landlords.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 09/18/1969
Description: Press conference where man talks about unidentified actions of the Vice President. He recounts his discussion with the President about reading an unidentified report before taking any action, and believes that the Vice President's preemptive actions must be independent of the president.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 09/30/1970
Description: Mostly black and white footage, with some color. Shots of police responding to riots after Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. Police patrolling the streets, arresting men and loading them into police van. Crowd of young people calling to the camera. Fires and fire fighters with ladders, hoses, fire engines. Man on a stretcher in an ambulance. Destroyed gas pump. People sitting in at Boston public welfare office. Police officers jumping through open window. Broken storefront windows. Overturned cars. Exteriors of Boston City Hospital. Boston Police Radio Field Operations Unit. Crowd of police and army officers in a stadium. People being treated in hospital. Pedestrians. Police officers board MBTA buses en masse. Sounds comes in for a little bit halfway through the video.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 04/05/1968
Description: Close up shots of Students for a Democratic Society newspaper front pages, as part of a story on SDS members distributing their literature at Boston high schools.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 09/18/1969